Post 00 - About this blog
Howdy, and welcome to my new blog about my decades working for the Internal Revenue Service! <Ducking behind my desk until the tomato throwing dies down> I've wanted to write this as a book for years, but I have other book/blogs in mind and this one, while one of my favorite topics, keeps falling below the others when it's time to write. Well no more! I've wanted to write this for two reasons: one, I love the topic and love telling my stories, and two, unless you've worked for the IRS you are probably loaded up with ideas about the IRS that just aren't true. I think understanding what it's really like to work there is my best effort to reduce the hostility toward the service and its many thousands of employees. Now, I'm not saying you'll come away from this saying "Wow! I had it all wrong! I'm going to get an I Heart IRS t-shirt! I can't wait to pay my taxes this year!" I'm here to tell stories and improve understanding, not p...